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• Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth
• Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional
• Mediation combined with art therapy can change your brain and lower anxiety
• Moral judgments quicker, more extreme than practical ones, but also flexible
• Analysis of conflicting fish oil studies finds that omega-3 fatty acids still matter
• College students more eager for marriage than their parents are
• Cell phone addiction similar to compulsive buying and credit card misuse, experts say
• Tight times may influence how we perceive others
• Young adults more likely to smoke cannabis than drink before driving, survey of Canadians shows
• Family's economic situation influences brain function in children
• Four is the 'magic' number
• Potentially toxic flame retardants found in many U.S. couches
• What sound? Popular music devices could be dialing up hearing losses
• Most women who have double mastectomy don't need it, study finds
• Yoga shown effective for treating chronic neck pain

Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth Posted: 28 Nov 2012 03:27 PM PST A simple formula can predict at birth a baby's likelihood of becoming obese in childhood, according to a new study.

Moral evaluations of harm are instant and emotional Posted: 28 Nov 2012 03:27 PM PST People are able to detect, within a split second, if a hurtful action they are witnessing is intentional or accidental, new research on the brain shows. The study is the first to explain how the brain is hard-wired to recognize when another person is being intentionally harmed.

Mediation combined with art therapy can change your brain and lower anxiety Posted: 28 Nov 2012 03:27 PM PST Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for women with breast cancer and showed changes in brain activity associated with lower stress and anxiety after the eight-week program.

Moral judgments quicker, more extreme than practical ones, but also flexible Posted: 28 Nov 2012 03:27 PM PST Judgments we make with a moral underpinning are made more quickly and are more extreme than those same judgments based on practical considerations, a new set of studies finds. However, the findings also show that judgments based on morality can be readily shifted and made with other considerations in mind.

Analysis of conflicting fish oil studies finds that omega-3 fatty acids still matter Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:35 AM PST A new analysis helps to sort through conflicting findings from literally hundreds of studies on use of omega-3 fatty acids for heart disease. It concludes that they still matter; they do work; and that modern therapies for cardiovascular disease help to mask the benefits omega-3 consumption might otherwise provide.

College students more eager for marriage than their parents are Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:21 AM PST A national study found that U.S. college students think 25 years old is the "right age" to get married, while a majority of parents feel 25 is still a little too soon. So it's no coincidence that when Justin Bieber said he'd like to wed by 25, Oprah Winfrey urged him to wait longer in an interview aired Sunday.

Cell phone addiction similar to compulsive buying and credit card misuse, experts say Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:20 AM PST Cell phone and instant messaging addictions are driven by materialism and impulsiveness and can be compared to consumption pathologies like compulsive buying and credit card misuse, according to a new study.

Tight times may influence how we perceive others Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:20 AM PST From the playground to the office, a key aspect of our social lives involves figuring out who "belongs" and who doesn't. Scientists theorize that these prevalent in-group biases may give us a competitive advantage against others, especially when important resources are limited. New research explores whether resource scarcity might actually lead us to change our definition of who belongs to our social group, influencing how we perceive others' race.

Young adults more likely to smoke cannabis than drink before driving, survey of Canadians shows Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:21 AM PST Most adults are drinking responsibly, and fewer are smoking or using illicit substances -- but several areas of concern were found in a 2011 recent survey.

Family's economic situation influences brain function in children Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:39 AM PST Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences in what they pay attention to, according to new research.

Four is the 'magic' number Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:39 AM PST According to psychological lore, when it comes to items of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven. But a new analysis challenges this long-held view, suggesting the number might actually be four.

Potentially toxic flame retardants found in many U.S. couches Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST More than half of all couches tested in a new study contained potentially toxic or untested chemical flame retardants that may pose risks to human health. Among the chemicals detected was "Tris," a chlorinated flame retardant that is considered a probable human carcinogen based on animal studies.

What sound? Popular music devices could be dialing up hearing losses Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST The popularity of personal music devices like iPods and other MP3 players and their lack of sound-limiting controls has an ear specialist concerned. These devices, when combined with attached ear buds and headphones, can generate sound levels up to 115 decibels, well above the highest level of 85 decibels recommended by most hearing experts.

Most women who have double mastectomy don't need it, study finds Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis do so despite a very low risk of facing cancer in the healthy breast, new research finds.

Yoga shown effective for treating chronic neck pain Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST A German study shows that yoga appears to be an effective treatment for neck pain and provides added benefits of improved psychological well being and quality of life.

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